North & North East Lincolnshire set to benefit from Get Out Get Active

10-02-2020

Get Out Get Active

North & North East Lincolnshire set to benefit from Get Out Get Active

More UK locations will be part of Get Out Get Active’s (GOGA) success story over the next three years. Thousands more inactive people across 21 locations will benefit from the latest £5million programme funding. Today, Active Humber is delighted to announce North & North East Lincolnshire are successful locations.

In September 2019, we announced the founding funder, Spirit of 2012, awarded a further £3 million to GOGA across the UK. At the same time, Sport England also invested an additional £1 million into England. Last week London Marathon Charitable Trust revealed their £1 million grant investment.

The ground-breaking programme began in 2016, created to bring disabled and non-disabled people together to be active. It engages the least active communities in fun, inclusive ways. Now it is set to continue until at least 2023.

Creator and lead partner Activity Alliance teamed up with an extensive range of partners to help GOGA reach more people. These partners offer in-depth local knowledge and national expertise.

GOGA is more than being active. It strengthens community spirit, increases confidence and improves mental health. It increases the demand for, and the accessibility of, activities. These may be provided by local authorities, sports clubs or the voluntary sector. The success is through tapping into people’s real life motivations to be physically active.

The new funding will enable partners to build on phase one’s success and share learning. Initially there were 18 locations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, who together engaged an incredible 20,000 people. Commencing in April 2020, phase two will have 21 locations.

After a stringent process, North & North East Lincolnshire were chosen to be part of phase two. The programme across these two areas will include working across communities in more rural locations and supporting the development and sustainability of community assets to support the least active 55-74 year olds to be more physically active.

David Gent, CEO Active Humber said on the announcement:

The Get Out Get Active Programme will enable Active Humber to support a wide range of our partners to develop inclusive ways of advocating physical activity across our least active communities in North and North East Lincolnshire. The funding will make a real difference across these communities; supporting partners to break down barriers, developing more local volunteers and supporting activity in those areas where there are currently less opportunities to be active.

The 2020 -2023 localities are:

England: Amber Valley and Bassetlaw, Blackpool, Bradford, Forest of Dean, Haringey, Liverpool, North and North East Lincolnshire, Nottingham, Sunderland, Wolverhampton and Wiltshire

Northern Ireland: Mid and East Antrim and Mid Ulster

Scotland: Dundee, Perth and Kinross and Angus – NHS Tayside

Wales: Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Powys – West Wales Partnership, Cardiff, Swansea and Newport – South Central partnership and Conwy, Flintshire and Denbighshire – North Central partnership

By 2023, GOGA will have:

• Reached over 40,000 individual participants, with at least four in ten remaining active

• Engaged 1,500 volunteers’ support

• Supported 2,500 volunteers and paid staff’s training

For more information, please visit www.getoutgetactive.co.uk